William watson



(No Model.)

W WATSON PILLOW SHAM HOLDER.

Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT OrrIce.

WILLIAM wATson, or ILION, NEW YORK.

PILLOW-SHAW] HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,964, dated April 10, 1888.

(No model.

I 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it'known that LWILLIAM WATSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ilion, in the county of I-Ierkimer and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improve- 'ment in Pillow-Sham Holders, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to improvements in pillow-sham holders; and it consists in certain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which fully illustrate myinvention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved holder in its upturned position and supporting a pillow-sham. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same with the sham removed, and Figs. 3 and 4. are detail views of the controlling-springs.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates the head-board of a bedstead,supported by theposts a a, in the usual manner.

B B are the controlling-springs, which are secured to the inner sides of the posts, so as to project therefrom at right angles to the headboard. Each of these controlling-springs is formed from a single piece of wire, as follows: One end of the wire is bent into a loop, I), and secured to a bed-post by a screw or pin passing through said loop. The wire stands toward the front of the bed for a proper distance, and is then bent into an upwardly-extending loop, 22, forming a bearing for the journal on one end of a transverse bar hereinafter described. From the loop b the wire is carried downward and inward toward the head-board, and when vertically below the loop I) is bent into a loop, I)", which is closed by bending the wire forming it around the downwardly-inclined portion. The wire is then bentupward and coiled at b on the inner side of the loops b I) and bearing 1). The wire extends horizontally forward from the coil, and being bent laterally on itself provides the parallel arms (1 d, and is formed into the spring-wire tongue 0, the point portion 0 of which is bent slightly upward, while a portion, 0, adjacent to and inward therefrom, is bent downward at a somewhat greater angle, as clearly shown. The inner arm, (1, extends backward to about on a line with the coil b and is then bent under and back on itself, so as to present no sharp ends or corners, which would be apt to catch in the sham and injure the same.

D isa bar rectangular in cross-section, which forms the base of the sham supporting frame, and is provided at its ends with the journals (1, which are mounted in the loops b of the controlling-springs.

E designatesthepillow-sham lifting and supporting rod composed of the legs 6, which have their ends secured to one edge of the bar D in any suitable manner and stand out at right angles therefrom at equal distances from the ends of the bar and the integral transverse portion 6 at right angles to the legs and con necting the same. The said transverse portion 6 is provided with the equidistant rings e at right angles to its axis, which rings are formed by bending the rod at equal intervals into circular loops, as shown.

In operation, the sham is secured to the side f of the bar D by suitable pins, as will be readily understood. When the lifting and supporting rod is turned upward, the side f will be facing the head-board and the sham will fold over the rings 6 as clearly shown in the drawings. The sham will thus be held out of contact with the controlling-springs, and the rings will prevent its creasing or folding, as the said rings are at right angles to the portion 6 of the lifting and supporting rod and describe a complete circle. I

The pillow-sham holder heretofore devised has been objectionable for the reason that when the sharns were raised at night they were supported by astraight rod or else by strings extended between scrolls and would fold closely over the same, thereby forming a crease. By my device it will be impossible for the sham to form a crease, as it folds over the rings as if over a roller, thereby retaining its smoothness. The sham is also held out of contact with the controlling-springs, as the said springs project from the head-board and the rings hold the sham away from the same, the corners of the sham being thus prevented from being caught between the journaled bar and the head-boards and creased and soiled.

The controlling-springs act upon the journaled bar D in such a manner as to exert a constant pressure: thereagainst, whereby the holder may be maintained in any desired position. This constant pressure is caused by the arrangement of the parts 0 c, which bear against the edges of the bar, and as the said bar is rotated when the part 0 ceases to bear on one edge the part 0 immediately commences to bear upon the next adjacent edge, thus giving additional strength to the spring. It will be observed that wearing away of the journaled bar is prevented, as the parallel arms present practically a flat bearing-surface for the said bar. 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The sham supporting frame comprising the journaled bar andlifting-rod carried thereby, said lifting-rod being bent from a single piece of wire to form the legs 6 and the con tinuous cross-bar e, the latter being bent at intervals to form a series of circular rings, (2 20 arranged at right angles to the bar e, and thereby adapted to curve the sham over the said bar, as set forth.

2. A pillow-sham holder having its crossbar e bent at intervals to form a series of cir- 2 cular rings, 6, which are arranged at right angles to the bar e, and extending both above and below the same, so as to curve the Shams over the cross-bar, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my 0 Y own Ihave hereto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WATSON.

Witnesses:

DAVID C. MAHAFFY, ARTHUR H. WATsoN. 

